Amusement device.



No. 724,757. PATENTED APR. 7, 1903.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1903.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1903.

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PATENTED APR. '7, 1903.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1903.

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H. SYMONDS. AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2c. 1903.

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UNITED STATES.

OFFICE.

HERBERT SYMONDS, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLINUS B. CARROLL, ,OFST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 724,757, dated April'7, 1903.

Application filed January 26, 1903- Serial No. 140,500. (No model.)

To all whont it 7n0ty concern:

Beit known that I, HERBERT SYMoNDs, of 'the city of East-St. Louis, St.Clair county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in amusement devices, and has forits object to provide means for agitating a body of water to producewave motion therein and means whereby vessels may be propelled throughsuch body of water with rolling and pitchand-toss movements.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.Fig. 3 is a perspective of the blades used in producing the desired wavemotion. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a deviceembodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the guide-tracks usedin imparting motion to the vessel. Fig. 6 is an enlarged transversesectional view of said guide-tracks, showing their means of support. andthe vessel carried by them.' Fig. 7 is a side view of one of saidguide-tracks, showing its curvature and the accommodation of its meansof support to said curvature.

My invention in that embodiment which is shown in the drawings consistsof alake or basin 1, having an excavation 2, adapted to receivecross-ties 3. Upon the cross-ties 3 the guide-rails A B are mountedhorizontallyby means of brackets a a b b. The guiderails A B areirregularly curved, as shown in Fig. 5, so'that the depressionsin A areoppo- 40 site to elevations in B. To accommodate the brackets a a b b tothe curvature of the rails, I have provided said brackets. with slots 0,

whereby the bracketsa and a and b and b are vertically adjustable, andwhen adjusted 5 they are fixed by tightening the bolts'd.

The vessel 0 is provided with any desired motive power, exterior orself-contained, is preferably fiat-bottomed, and is preferably providedwithsills D.

It is one of the objects of my invention to control the motion of thevessel 0 by means l of the rails A I3, so as to impart thereto themotions of a ship at sea, both pitching, tossing, androlling. Thesemovements are predetermined and provided for by the varying relativecurvature of the tracks A B, and the preferred means of so guiding thevessel 0 by the rails A B as to make its movements conform thereto,which is shown in the drawings, I have efiected in the following manner:Upon the sills D, I have provided the bearings E, threaded to receivethe ends of the axles F. The double-flanged wheels G are mounted on theaxles F in such manner that the flanges are above and below the inneredges of the guide-rails A B.

The illustrated means of producing wave motion in the water throughwhich the vessel passes may be described as follows: The bottom of thebasin 1 is provided with lugs 4.. The blades 5 are mounted on standards6, which standards 6 are pivotally mounted upon the lugs 4. As indicatedin plan view in Fig. 1 and in enlarged detail in Figs. 2 and 3, theblades 5 are parallel, but staggered, so that their motion may beoppositely directed. Thus the blades 5 being arranged as shown in Fig. 1they are actuated'by the movement of eccentrics 7, 8, 9, and 10, towhich they are connected by means of rods 7*, 829 and 10, to whichblades 5 are pivotally attached by means of pins 11, the blades 5 beinglaterally connected to the rods actuating them upon opposite ends.Motion is imparted to the rods 7*, 8 9, and 10 through the bars 12,which extend through the bottom of the basin and are pivotally mountedtherein by means of the lugs 13 and pins 14:, the lower ends of thelevers 12 being connected to the eccentrics 8, 9, and 10 by means of therods 15.

It is obvious that my device can be applied to a basin of any size andmay contain vessels of any desired size, andmy invention is, in fact,adapted and intended to be used both upon a small scale, as a toy, andupon a large scale, for the conveyance of passengers at expositions andthe like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tohave secured to .me by the grant of Letters Patent, is

1. In an amusement device, a basin, a body of water contained in thebasin, a vessel adapt- ICO ed to be propelled through the water, and anirregular curved guiding-surface mounted upon and within the basin andbelow the surface of the water whereby rolling and pitchand-toss motionmay be imparted to the vessel, substantially as described.

2. In an amusement device, a basin, a body of water contained in thebasin, a vessel adapted to be propelled through the water, andirregular, curved guiding surfaces mounted upon and within the basin andbelow the surface of the water whereby rolling and pitchand-toss motionmay be imparted to the vessel, substantially as described.

3. In an amusement device, a basin, abody of watercontained in thebasin,a vesseladapted to be propelled through the water, irregularcurved guiding-surfaces mounted upon and within the basin and below thesurface of the water and means whereby the vessel may be slidablyconnected to the bottom of the basin for the purpose of causingit toroll, pitch and toss, subtantially as described.

4. In an amusement device, a basin, a body of water contained in thebasin,a vessel adapted to be propelled through the water, irregularcurved guiding-surfaces mounted upon and within the basin and below thesurface of the water and means for imparting wave motion to the Water,substantially as described.

5. In an amusement device, a basin, a body of water contained in thebasiu,a vessel adapted to be propelled through the water, an irregularcurved guiding-surface mounted upon and within the basin and below thesurface of the water,means whereby rolling and pitchand-toss motion maybe imparted to the vessel and means for imparting wave motion to thewater, substantially as described.

6. In an amusement device, a basin, a body of wateroontained in thebasin,a vesseladapted to be propelled through the water, anirregularcurvedguiding-surface mounted upon and within the basin andbelow the surface of the water whereby rolling and pitch-and-toss motionmay be imparted to the vessel and means for imparting wave motion to thewater, substantially as described.

7. In an amusement device, abasin, a body of water contained in thebasin,a vessel adapted to be propelled through the water, irregularcurved guiding-surfaces mounted upon and within the basin and below thesurface of the water, means whereby the vessel may be slidably connectedto the bottom of the basin for the purpose of causing it to roll, pitchand toss and means for imparting a wave motion to the water,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT SYMONDS.

Witnesses:

JAMES L. HOPKINS, ALFRED A. EICKS.

